1349 Pyromorphite, Zeehan Queen Mine
Pyromorphite from the Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. [190x160x75mm]
James Melville
1362 Cassiterite on Quartz, Oakleigh Creek Mine
Cassiterite and Muscovite on Quartz with Wolframite from the Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia. [200x125x120mm]
1367 Schorl, Trial Harbour
Schorl from the Trial Harbour area on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. [220x120x100mm]
1411 Spessartine, Broken Hill Mines
Spessartine from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [110x75x70mm]
1615 Crocoite, Red Lead Mine
Crocoite on Goethite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. [90x70x50mm]
0799 Stellerite, Tambar Springs
Stellerite from Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia. [70x60x15mm]
0831 Rhodonite, Broken Hill Mines
Rhodonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
1524 Secondary Galena and Sphalerite, Broken Hill Mines
Small secondary Galena crystals with secondary cauliflower like structures of cream to light green Sphalerite. From the watercourse area, Browne’s shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [80x55x30mm]
1464 Baryte, Rosebery Mine
Another large group of ‘golden’ Baryte crystals found in the late 1970’s from 5 North, G Lens, 15 Level of the Rosebery Lead/Zinc Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania. [150x80x50mm]
0689 Gypsum, Broken Hill Mines
Gypsum from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [90x70x55mm]
1410 Rhodochrosite on Pyrite on Calcite, Broken Hill Mines
Rhodochrosite on Pyrite on Calcite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [80x60x30mm]
1610 Malachite after Azurite, Sir Dominick Mine
Malachite after Azurite from the Sir Dominick Mine, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia. [45x40x30mm]
1620 Siderite, Bridgewater
Siderite on basalt from the Boral Quarry, Bridgewater, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
1609 Calcite (Var: Manganoan), Kara Mine
Calcite (Var: Manganoan) on Quartz and Actinolite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [75x45x25mm]
1429 Witherite, Rosebery Mine
Witherite from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [55x35x25mm]
1345 Pyrargyrite, Broken Hill Mines
Pyrargyrite, Siderite and Galena from Brownes Shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [55x30x10mm]
0827 Marshite, Smithsonite, Aurichalcite and Cuprite, Broken Hill Mines
Marshite (TL) , Smithsonite, Aurichalchite and Cuprite, with minor Malachite, Cerussite, Anglesite and Linarite from the Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [28x15x12mm]
1481 Millerite, Perseverance Ni Mine
Millerite from the Perseverance Ni Mine, Leinster, Western Australia, Australia. [65x50x40mm]
1482 Cuprite, Red Dome Mine
Cuprite from the Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia.[12x11x10mm] First photo shows the crystal backlit, and the second without backlighting.
1472 Quartz, Biggenden Mine
Quartz w/ minor Magnetite in matrix from the Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [45x40x30mm]
1592 Epidote in Quartz, Renison Bell Mine
Epidote in Quartz from the S38 Pump Sump Drive, North Bassett Decline, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. [90x60x20mm]
1589 Vittinkiite, Rhodonite, Spessartine, Rosebery Mine
From 57 Level N Lens of the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia – granular greyish Vittinkiite – pinkish Rhodonite, with red-brown Spessartine, and some minor sulphides including Galena, Pyrite and Sphalerite, a previously unrecorded association...
1158 Axinite-(Fe) w/ Quartz, Colebrook Hill
Axinite-(Fe) w/ Quartz from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [55x50x45mm]
0946 Heazlewoodite, Lord Brassey Mine
From the type locality, Heazlewoodite in serpentine matrix from the Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. A relatively rich example of ore material from this old abandoned nickel mine. This specimen has been cut to...
0667 Harmotome w/ Tennantite, Rosebery Mine
Harmotome with Tennantite, these were found in small quantities with the second big Witherite find around mid 2018 in 37Y, Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [80x55x45mm]
0138 Takanelite on Calcite, Kara Mine
Takanelite on dog tooth Calcite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. The latest on this occurrence as documented on MinDat says that further work on this material suggests some may be Ranciéite, but it...
1460 Gibbsite after Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Tasmania
Gibbsite encrusting and largely replacing hollow Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. This particular specimen is ex Frank Mihajlowits and was acquired from the Zeehan School of Mines by another collector in 1987....
1500 Quartz (Var: Agate), Little Swanport
Quartz (Var: Agate) from Little Swanport, near Coles bay, Tasmania, Australia. [125x55x35mm]
1493 Goethite coating Cerussite after Anglesite, Broken Hill Mines
Goethite coating Cerussite after Anglesite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Ex Milton Lavers. [110x90x35mm]
1091 Wulfenite on Limonite, Whim Creek Copper Mine
Wulfenite on a Limonite matrix from the Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia. [110x65x60mm]
1528 Chrysocolla, Whim Creek Copper Mine
Chrysocolla on iridescent Goethite, with a few small examples of the double pseudomorph that this location is well known for – Chrysocolla pseudomorphing Malachite after Azurite – from the Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek,...
1479 Rhodonite with Bannisterite, Broken Hill Mines
Rhodonite with Bannisterite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Main crystal measures 70mm in length.
1565 Pyrosmalite-(Mn) & Calcite, Broken Hill Mines
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) and Calcite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [18x16x10mm]
1069 Gypsum, Broken Hill Mines
Gypsum from the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [90x65x15mm]
1437 Linarite on Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Galena, Hercules Mine
Linarite on Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Galena from the Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania, Australia. Macro FOV is 5mm and 80mm in closeups, full specimen measures 20x14x8cm.
0679 Opal (Var: Opal-AN), Squaretop Mountain
Hyalite Opal (Var: Opal-AN) from Squaretop Mountain, Kaimkillenbun, Queensland, Australia. Difficult to do these justice with a photograph (well I find that anyway). [110x80x65mm]
1547 Hidalgoite, Broken Hill Mines
Green Hidalgoite with minor Rosasite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [45x40x20mm]
1510 Hedyphane, Willemite, E.Z Mine
Hedyphane, Willemite from the E.Z Mine (Beltana Mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [35x32x10mm]
1521 Austinite, Willemite, E.Z Mine
Cu Austinite and Willemite from the E.Z Mine (Beltana Mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [45x35x25mm]
1463 Calcite (Var: Ferroan), Bundoora Quarry
Calcite (Var: Ferroan) [27mm] on basalt from the Boral Limited Quarry, Bundoora Quarry, Victoria, Australia.
1522 Baryte, Linke’s Lode
Baryte from Linke’s Lode (Dunbar Mine; Dunbar Barite Deposit; Appealinna Barite), Oraparinna homestead (Oraparinna National Park), Bunkers Range, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [40x30x18mm]
1523 Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Broken Hill Mines
Red Carminite with yellow-green beudantite-segnitite collected during a field trip in the 1990’s to Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [95x55x30mm]
1503 Cobaltaustinite (TL), Erythrite, Dome Rock Copper Mine
Dull olive-green patches of crude Cobaltaustinite crystals (Type Locality), with flat laying Erythrite crystals, from the Dome Rock Copper Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia. [75x35x15mm]
1515 Andalusite (Var: Chiastolite), Mount Howden Mine
A partial crystal of Andalusite (Var: Chiastolite), cut and polished to reveal a cross section. From the Mount Howden Mine, Kalabity Homestead Area, South Australia, Australia and dates back to the 1920’s. Chiastolite are crystals...
1346 Cornwallite, Daly Gorge, South Australia
Cornwallite crystals from Daly Gorge, South Australia, Australia. [FOV 15mm]
1530 Pyrite on Calcite, Flowery Gully
Pyrite on Calcite from a small find at Beams Quarry, Flowery Gully, Tasmania, Australia.
0255 Pyrite, King Island Scheelite Mine
Pyrite from the King Island Scheelite Mine, King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
0604 Muscovite, Quartz, Molybdenite, Mt Cleveland
Muscovite, Quartz and minor Molybdenite from Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia.
0241 Quartz, Mt Cleveland
Double terminated Quartz with minor Muscovite from the Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 70mm in length.
0574 Crocoite, Red Lead Mine
Crocoite with minor Dundasite from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. 30x30x20mm.